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Willemijn
is on page 166 of 202
"(...) maar 't water was niet te keren. 't Zal nog wassen, 't zal nog vóór de nacht Nieuwpoort binnen vloeien, wier verzegd. (...) En 't was waar; nog vóór de nacht vloeide 't wilde bovenwater Nieuwpoort binnen."
Afaik, Nieuwpoort never actually flooded, but this book has me doubting my knowledge about my home town's history. I always thought the fortifications around the town had protected it from the river...
— Apr 03, 2021 07:26AM
Afaik, Nieuwpoort never actually flooded, but this book has me doubting my knowledge about my home town's history. I always thought the fortifications around the town had protected it from the river...
Willemijn
is on page 106 of 202
“Er zijn woorden, woorden als mokerslagen, die een draai geven aan een mens zijn wil tot doen. Die onklaar denken klaren en ook het zelfvertrouwen sterken.”
— Mar 30, 2021 02:42PM
Willemijn
is on page 22 of 202
This book takes place in a small town on the other side of the river to where I grew up. It's very strange to read a written version of the dialect many (mostly elderly) people spoke when I lived there.
— Mar 28, 2021 09:59AM

